“The tools are already here, he noted: 3-D printing makes it ‘impossible to ban physical objects,’ from guns to drones. The borderless digital currency Bitcoin defies economic regulation. The Quantified Self movement helps people self-measure and opt out of the health care system. He urged his audience to invent opt-out tools of their own, including one ‘allowing people, the middle class, to make tax shelters.’ Mr. Srinivasan has influential support: Some of the biggest names in the Valley have variously proposed building a Mars colony, an unregulated zone of experimentation on Earth or floating libertarian islands at sea.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/29/us/silicon-valley-roused-by-secession-call.html?_r=1&
Related posts:
U.S. warns Egypt of return to ‘bad old days’ of Mubarak
Turks invent new form of ‘standing’ protest to get around ban on gatherings
Bloomberg: Smart Money Is on Geithner to Replace Bernanke
WikiLeaks staffer helping Edward Snowden flee U.S. authorities
Big Marijuana lobby fights legalization efforts
Investors Nervous: Erdogan's Witch Hunt Endangers Economy
Ten percent of Venezuelans are taking steps for emigrating
Central banks sell record sums of US debt
Utah Uses Eminent Domain to Seize Land of ... Uncle Sam
Women in combat: Will they have to register for the draft?
Stockholm’s unrest stoked by unemployment
This Futuristic Maglev Pod Transit System Will Soon Be a Reality
Draghi-Weidmann fight intensifies as ECB debates action
China's brokers pledge to buy stocks to prop shaky markets
What Will Obamacare Cost You?